Day 187

I'm alive, really I am. I have been weighing in daily, just not recording it here. Today's weight was 158.6lbs. not bad. not excellent. But it is what it is. Summer is busy and fun.

see you again soon.

Day 177 - back from camping and back into the groove.

So we are back from camping....and the scale reads 259.6 lbs. So it seems as though I gained 10lbs while camping. OOPS! so much for being a good girl. But honestly I don't know what I would have done differently, except for not drink so much Dr. Pepper. And that pop must have been what did me in, because we just ate what we normally eat. So here I am back at the beginning, trying to get back on track. I hope that maybe Kathryn and I can get up and at it in the mornings and get walking or biking together.

Day 161

Oh man, I'm getting bad at this. I haven't been tracking my food as much on Sparkpeople.com. I still try to log in everyday to keep me at least thinking about it. This morning the scale read 258lbs.

On Monday we are heading out camping for 10 days, so I won/t be posting or tracking my food. I'm keeping that in mind as I make up our menu and start gathering our food. I'll be trying to keep it as balanced as I can.

Day 156

A crappy day today. One of Kathryn's classmates passed away last night. And that just sucks.

Today the scale read 258lbs. Yesterday it read 257.4lbs. It's nice to see those numbers. But today, I just don't care.

Day 153

So this getting up in the morning and walking thing hasn't really been going all that great. But I continue to try to track my food. Even if I don't I have been very mindful  of what I am eating. And the efforts seem to be paying off. Over the weekend the scale dipped to 257lbs. But this morning it was back at 258.6lbs. But I'm OK with that. Summer is coming, and I am so excited! Camping and outdoor fun galore. I was planning the camping menu today. I'm going to have to be careful and try not to indulge too much on the treats so as not to set myself back too far. I think I can do it. I'm liking the direction the scale is going too much to mess this up badly now.

Day 146

Scale read 158lbs at 7am. I must be in some alternate reality. I guess it's really paying off to be really careful about what I am eating. I hope I can keep it up.

Day 146

Well hello friend! Today the scale read 259lbs. That is a new first. Don't know really what I did to deserve that. Hope it sticks around though, at least for a little while, and then I'd like to see some of his friends, 258, 257....etc.

day 141

Wow, I've got really bad at this posting every day thing. Life is busy and the weather has been beautiful. We've been spending a lot of time outside in the garden, the yard or out for little walks with the littles. That must be why I don't spend as much time on the computer posting. I also have a couple of posts in draft form on my other blog. I guess I need a rainy day so I can get caught up. I have been trying to remember to track my food and most days I do pretty good. I'm still hovering around the 261lbs for weight. Some days it's less some days it's more. If I could just get in the groove and get my exercising act together, I might be able to make some real progress. I know I keep saying that, and I don't know why it is that I just can't seem to get it all together, I really do want success. I haven't ever heard back about my blood test to see if there was a thyroid problem. I guess maybe I should call the doctor's office today and see if there is anything to know.


Today, the scale read 261.8lbs at 7:30am.

Day 135

Well it hasn't been a good week for posting regularly. I have however been tracking my food, and we've gone for a walk twice and I've been weighing myself every morning, I've been hovering around 261 all week.

This morning at 6:30 the scale read 260.4lbs. Kathryn and I went for a walk this morning. It's sure getting beautiful. Next week we're going to start biking in the mornings some times. That will be fun I think. What I really need to start doing better is strength training. I've been totally slacking in that area...kinda like with the walking. It all needs to improve. This week is now over, so Next Monday is a new week and time to stop being a lazy bum and get up and get moving.

Day 128

So today I've finally recovered from my weekend of indulgence. The scale read 260.2lbs at 8am. Not too bad for not having actually done any real exercise this week. it was all just watching and tracking what I was eating. Now to put the two together. It's obvious to me, that if I do, I will actually see some significant results. So why has it been so hard to just get up and do it?

Day 127

So, not so good at posting this week. The scale read 261.6 at 8am. So recovering from my weekend of indulgence. Have been terrible yet again about getting up and getting out. James and I frequently go for walks with Ella in the stroller, but they aren't exactly what you would call a work out. But at least I'm getting out...right? We'll be headed out again this afternoon. he loves going for walks, so off we go again. Now I just gotta get back into a morning routine, the weather is just getting too nice, during the day I want to be out in the yard with the kids instead of inside working out. So if I am going to get a work out in ever during this stint of my 100 day challenge, it's going to have to be in the mornings before the kids are up and getting ready for school. And if I am going to entertain the thought of running a 5k for Bonanza day the first weekend in August, I am going to really have to get up and get going. These things just don't happen by themselves, now do they?

Day 124

Scale read 266lbs this morning. YIKES!

I guess the deep fried pickles I ate on Saturday and my indulgent Mother's day dinner of steak, grilled caesar salad, loaded baked potato and no bake cheese cake have come to haunt me. Lets hope I'll be able to work that off this week. We got in late last night after visiting with my mom in law, so Kathryn didn't get up to go walking with me this morning, so I didn't get up either. I'm hoping to get a walk in later today. But one thing I will do this week, is be really good at watching what I am eating and keeping track of it. It's easy to see how that makes a difference after a weekend like this.

Day 119

Scale read 260.4lbs at 7:30am

So much for a new week, new start idea. Once again I did not get up with Kathryn this morning to go for a walk. My excuse, I was up twice last night with upset kids. Ella was up at 11:30pm and didn't head back to bed until almost 1am, and then James was up because he had a bad dream about bigfoot and I didn't get back to my own bed until 3am. So when my alarm went off this morning. I just didn't care and turned it off and went back to sleep. I will get back into the habit. I will. I will.

day 118

At 7:30am the scale read an even 260lbs. So I'm starting to see results with just tracking food, since I haven't been very good at getting exercise in every day lately. Just imagine what I could do if I was keeping up with my 5 days a week of cardio....I guess I better get back on track and start making some really progress.

See you tomorrow.

Day 117

Scale read 261.4lbs this morning at 7:30am.

Cursed sleep. I slept in again this morning, so once again Kathryn and I didn't go for a walk. But I did do my strength training today. And that really is all there is to say. Tomorrow is a new day.

Day 114 - fallen

Oh man, I have fallen off the work-you- butt-off wagon. The only day that I really did anything this week was Monday. Wednesday I did do some strength training, and my muscles are still achy from that, but seriously...twice in one week is not much of anything. This morning, I just didn't get out of bed to go for a walk with Kathryn. No accident there, I just turned off the alarm and went back to sleep. LAME. Yep, that's me. I have been pretty good at tracking my food. Not 100%, but even when I don't track, I've been conscious of what I am eating, and not just eating when I feel munchy. This evening however, I did eat a burger and poutine at Mcdonalds. So that completely ruined a day. Was doing so good up until that point today.

So here I am right now promising that next week is going to be better. I will not sleep in. I will get to bed earlier. I will go, even if it is cold. Or at least get up and do a video work out. I'll never get anywhere if I keep this crap up. So here's to doing better next week and getting back on track completely.

In other news, When I stepped on the scale yesterday morning, the scale read 260.8lbs. First time I've dropped to that number...lets hope we see a little more of it...and then continue on down the scale.

See you tomorrow.

Day 112

Scale read 261.0lbs at 7:30am

I slept in this morning, so Kathryn and I didn't get to go for our walk. But I did spend some time doing some strength training today. I haven't been so great at getting it done since I started walking and not doing the videos, most of my videos have it worked in. I may be sore tomorrow. But that will be good.

see you tomorrow

Day 111

Scale at 7am read 261.2lbs

James wanted to go for a walk as soon as the kids headed off to school. But I wasn't ready to go. When Ella went down for a nap he asked if we could go for a walk now. I told him we would go as soon as Ella woke up. The very moment that she was awake he was asking if we could go. I told him we should have lunch first. When we were done eating lunch we got ready to go and headed out for a walk. Now when James wants to go for a walk, what he is saying is that he wants to be in charge. So he gets to tell us which way we get to go every time we come to a corner. So that is what we did. We went all over in circles and back tracking. And then he was done and wanted to get in the chariot with Ella. At which point I could pick up the pace and take advantage of the extra resistance now seated in the chariot. We made our way over to Kinsmen park and enjoyed the beautiful spring day that it was. We then headed on down past the school and said hello to the kids playing out on the playground for recess, and made our way back home. A good day.

Day 110

Got up at 6am. weighed myself, 263lbs. Went for a walk with Kathryn. It was cold(ish) -1C and the wind was blowing which cut right through my sweatpants and jacket. Spent all morning trying to warm up. As I write this I realise that I have forgotten to do some strength training, so I better get that in here while Ella is distracted.

But first I wanted to just add something. I had a nap today, and after an hour I still felt so tired and it was so hard to wake myself up. Lately, if I have a nap, it's always the same, no matter how long or short the nap is, I just can't wake up. I feel like I could just go on sleeping all day long. Now that I'm finally up I don't feel so tired. I can go on with the day, but it's the coming out if it that just feels impossible. Wonder what that's all about?

see you tomorrow.

day 107

scale read 262.2lbs this morning at 9.

Not much  to report today. Still didn't get up and go for  a walk. The kids and I did some geocaching today, but it was a lot of driving and hardly any walking. Fun, but not exercise involved. When the kids get back to school on Monday, it'll be easier to get back in the groove of things.

See you tomorrow.